Re: The God, the Devil and the NetBSD.

["E.J. Novikovas" <clm%tdd.lt@localhost>]

On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:20:54 +0200 (CEST)
Hubert Feyrer <hubert%feyrer.de@localhost> wrote:

> 
> >> Mascot of Linux is penguin, mascot of BSD is Devil (or Beastie).
> 
> The mascot of isn't (the/a) devil, but a daemon: In greek mythology, 
> daemons were beings between gods and humans, e.g. think of hermes the 
> gods' messenger. This has nothing to do with what the (christian?) church 
> connects to "the devil", even if there's some visual equivalence. A detail 
> of difference to note are that the BSD daemon does not have a horned foot 
> as one would expect from "the devil".
> 
> 
>   - Hubert
Daemon or Demon or Devil - there is no difference. Don't lie for yourself.
We live not in ancient Greece. What does it mean in modern english language
you can check in English thesaurus, for example here:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus.htm .
The Devil has the same meaning in all religious as far as I know.

Eugenijus-Jonas.